THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MASAYOSHI KURODA, YASUMASA MATSUDA, HIROYUKI KUMAI, YASUHIKO KASAI, KIYOSHI MASUDA, AKIHIRO KANEKO, and JUNICHIRO TAKEYAMA ____________ Appeal No. 1997-0411 Application No. 08/441,6581 ____________ HEARD: November 2, 1999 ____________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge. 1The application was filed on May 15, 1995. It is a continuation of Application Serial No. 08/384,595, which was filed on February 3, 1995 and is now abandoned. The latter application was a continuation of Application Serial No. 08/117,680, which was filed on September 8, 1993 and is now abandoned. The latter application in turn was a continuation of Application Serial No. 07/757,612, which was filed on September 11, 1991 and is now U.S. Patent No. 5,302,969, granted on April 12, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007